Door-hanger



(No Model.)

W."J. LANE.

DOOR HANGER.

100.433,009. Patented July 29, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM J. LANE, OF IJOUGHKEEPSIE, NEV YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,009, dated July 29, 1890.

Application filed February 7, 1890. Serial No. 339,528.q (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. LANE, of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Door-Hangers; and I do hereby declare t-hat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The invention hereinafter set forth is an improved sliding-door hanger. It is intended for the iiner class of doors, such as the sliding doors of dwelling-houses- It pertains to that class of hangers in which the support ing wheel runs upon a fixed rail and is mounted in a frame to which the door is adj ustably attached and thereby suspended, so that the frame moves with the door and the adjustable attachment permits of vertical adjustment of the door, so that its relation to the iioor over which the lower edge moves may be accurately determined. In hangers of this class the rail on which the door is suspended and moves is practicallyinaecessible after the wood-work of the door-frame is completed, and the adjusting devices must be accessible and therefore near the upper edge of the door. Economy and neatness of appearance require that the frame and adjoining` devices be of simple construction; and there is another important peint to be attained, which is Vthat the door shall be readily attached to or removed from the frame. The frame, it will be understood7 is irst mounted on the track, with the wheel in place thereon and with the lower part of the said frame extending down through the slot in which the arms of the frame move back and forth.

One object specially sought to be attained by me is to provide special means whereby the door may be hooked upon the frame and so held while it is adjusted in height. In ,connection with the cheapness of umanufacture it is necessary to take into consideration the kind of material that can be found on the market of ordinary and not special manufacture, and that may be without forging or expensivo manipulations worked into proper shape for the frames. lVhile I have had all these special objects in view and have produced a construction which meets all the requirements of the problem in a very satisfactorymanner, I am well aware that the special construction which I show is only one of a class in which the general features are included. The class is too extensive to admit of particular recognition; but I have, in view of what has been shown prior to my invention, limited my claim to the particular construction and combination hereinafter explained. This particular construction is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents aside elevation of the hanger in duplicate on a door and suspended from the rail. Fig. 2 shows the hanger in end view; Fig. 3, in section online .r a: of Fig. l.

In the drawings, A represents the track, which may be made of ordinary plain bar iron or steel set on edge and supported by suitable brackets. On this runs a wheel B, having a grooved periphery fitted to the rail. The wheel is mounted in bearings in the upper part or rails of the frame. The frame requires a considerable length to insure the proper strength and alignment and adjustability, and the rails (marked D) are therefore made longer than the diameter of the Wheels would otherwise. require. These rails are composed of two fiat bars of steel CZ d. They are spaced apart by the interposed ends of the vertical bars c e', to which the door is attached. The rails are riveted to the upper ends'of these bars and form with them a rigid frame. The rails are swelled out, as shown at ff, to give more lateral space for the wheel, which has ball-bearings g g to lessen the friction. The lower end of the bar c (which is that farthest from the vertical edge of the door) is slotted and has a cross-pin 7L. This is fitted to engage with a slotted stud 7c, which is adapted to enter the slot in the bar. The slot in the stud is inclined upward from its open end, so that the stud 7c may be hooked over the pin 7L. The stud 7i. is on the upper face of the inner end of the plate E, which is screwed to thedoor on the upper edge. At the other or outer edge of this plate is' a threaded sleeve F. This has a flange on its lower end. The sleeve is fitted to a hole in the end of the plate, and this hole is rabbeted about the edge underneath to receive the ange on the sleeve, and by this flange the sleeve is loosely held after it has been inserted from underneath the plate. There are holes fi made radially through the sleeve just IOO abovethe plate, in which a pin may be inserted for turning the sleeve. The lower end of the bar e is threaded to fit the interior thread of the sleeve. The frame being in place on the rail, the lower ends of the bars project centrally below the saine, (the bars being offset around the track,) and the door t may be attached readily by hooking the slotted stud over the pin in the bar e. Then the threaded end of bar e is entered into the sleeve and the sleeve is turned to raise the door to any required height. The sleeves,

being next to the edge of the door, are easily accessible and the operation of hanging the door very simple and easy. Plainly the form of the hook, as Well as that of the sleeve, may be changed, equivalent forms of hook and screw connections being Well known.

name to this specification in the presence of 3o two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM J. LANE.

Witnesses:

J. G. LANE, 4 J. M. JONES. 

